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"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
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"The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future."
"If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh."
"Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity."
"Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity."
"Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith."
"There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion."
"I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money."
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